Home Remedies for Bedwetting

Bedwetting is a very common problem among infants and small children. It is a process of unknowingly passing urine while sleeping. Though frustrating, bedwetting up to six years of age is not unusual.

Children do not do this purpose or out of laziness. It often occurs because of a small bladder, delayed bladder maturation, excessive urine production, urinary tract infection, stress, chronic constipation, or a hormone imbalance.

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Some children are deep sleepers and their brain does not get the signal that their bladder is full. Also, in a majority of cases, bedwetting is an inherited problem.

Children often outgrow bedwetting as they age, but it can be embarrassing and cause your child to shy away from social activities such as slumber parties.

You can help your child stop wetting the bed with some easy and simple natural remedies.

Here are the top 10 home remedies for bedwetting.

1. Cinnamon

Cinnamon is one of the simplest home remedies for your child to stop bedwetting. It is believed that this spice keeps the body warm.

Have your child chew a piece of cinnamon stick thoroughly once a day.

You can also combine sugar and cinnamon powder and then sprinkle it on buttered toast. Give this toast to your child for breakfast.

2. Indian Gooseberry

Indian gooseberry, also known as amla, is an excellent Ayurvedic remedy for bedwetting.

Crush and deseed two Indian gooseberries. Add one tablespoon of honey and a pinch of turmeric. Give one tablespoon of this mixture to your child every morning.

Another option is to give your child one teaspoon of the pulp of Indian gooseberry mixed with a pinch of black pepper powder.

3. Massage

For an easy treatment to cure bedwetting, you can use olive oil. Simply heat some olive oil and when it is comfortably warm, rub it over your child’s lower abdomen and then massage the area gently for several minutes. Follow this remedy daily until you are satisfied with the results.

4. Cranberry Juice

Although most liquids should be avoided soon before bed, you can give your child a cup of fresh cranberry juice one hour before going to bed. Repeat this process daily for at least a few weeks.

If bedwetting is due to urinary infection, give your child one-half cup of cranberry juice three times a day.

5. Walnuts and Raisins

Walnuts and raisins can also be used to reduce the frequency of bedwetting. Many children will enjoy this as a tasty snack.

Give your child two walnuts and five raisins before going to bed.

Repeat this remedy for at least a few weeks or until you see positive results.

6. Bladder Exercises

Bladder exercises help stretch the muscle that controls the release of urine from the bladder and increase bladder capacity. Muscle-strengthening and bladder-stretching exercises are considered good for bladder control.

Have your child do a muscle-strengthening exercise involving tightening of the pelvic muscles, holding the position for 5 to 10 seconds, and then resting for five seconds. This exercise has to be repeated 10 times, thrice daily.

Encourage your child to hold off going to the bathroom for some time when the urge to urinate begins. This method may be more beneficial for accidental daytime wetting than night time but can help reduce the frequency of bedwetting episodes. It usually trains the bladder to hold an increased amount of urine without triggering the urge to urinate, thus helping children to hold their urine for two to three minutes more, each day.

I’ve been trying to stop my son from bedwetting for years to the point where I stopped him from spending a night with friends because it was so embarrasing to me especially expensive buying laundry detergent to keep the smell down.It didn’t matter if I cut the drinking time a hour short before bedtime or not nothing worked seemingly,but I am open to these newer ideas posted…Thank you

A cup of white vinegar added to your wash load will help eliminate the smell of urine. I use that with Arm and Hammer Detergent (which is really cheap). My seven year old has diurnal and nocturnal enuresis.

Borax is cheap and helps with the odor too. You can even sprinkle it on the mattress, and vacuum before you make the bed. Or also for the mattress you can use medicated powder, sprinkle it on the bed the vacuum off before you make the bed.

I think you should wake him several times during the night sleep n make him pee, or you can promise him something he likes most if he stops n you’l keep to your promise, there’s a burning sensation before we pee so he’l wake up only too lazy to stand and go to toilet, so try these…

I have a 3 year old grandson that he wets the bed, I noticed it when he would come over for the weekend. I started putting a pull up on him at night and would take it off in the morning. I will tell his mom about the home made remedies I have just learned about and she and I can try those. Thanks,

I have my soon to be 5yr old great-nephew visiting with me from another state. I asked his mother about bedwetting and she said he sometimes does and she stated she did not want him to become dependent on Pull ups. Long story short, I had to buy pull ups. No matter what I do, he wets every night. I found out when he is with his father, he does not wet the bed. I assume this is out of fear because he is physically punished, which I do not agree. I informed his mother of taking him to a doctor when he returns home for fear he may have bladder issues from hard spankings. This may be far fetched, but I am losing my patience. How do you send your child to someone’s home knowing they wet the bed? I am using this forum partly to vent, because this child is being punished for what I believe is not his fault. It is the fault of parents who do not have a clue.

I had the same problem myself up to 14 yrs old..received plenty whoopings even mom placed home made diaper on me took photo threatened to put pic in my class.. I guess she thought i would stop out of embrassment.Ibelieve fear was a factor.be ing i would always have dreams of me being awaken from my sleep And molested by my uncle…Only to find out at age 22 shortly after his funeral that the dreams were reality.. As this has effected my life to this very day at age of 33… Parents PLZ TRYTO FIGURE THE CAUSE INSTEAD OF PHYSICALLY CHASTASING THESE POOR KIDS…

My litle girl she’s 13 years old and I am having a serious problem facing this bed wetting sickness and I don’t real know what to do right now.
This started to worry me a lot coz she was choosen to represent her school very far away where she’s gonna spend a week between other school kids.this makes me feel that she might do it where she is even though I try my best to call her every two hours to help her wake up. Pls help what must I do to help her fight This problem before she gets embarrasment from other pupils.can’t sleep right now coz I have to make an other call for her.worried

Please forgive me as I know this is a home remedy site. That I love & use often. But I hope to help some. I have taken my 6 yr. old son to a physiatrist who prescribed him desmopressin 2mg. which stopped his bed wetting within 2 days of use. It works for most w/ immediate results. Your child’s pediatrician can also prescribe. I myself had this issue as a child & can tell you first hand it is not from being lazy, when you are sleeping you are not aware or have control. It’s not the parents knor the child’s fault. It’s a common human problem & no one should make anyone feel bad & make matters worse. Good luck to all of you.

I have a 18 year old son that still wets the bed. We tried everything: no drink after a certain time, waking him up at night, underwear that rings when it get’s wet, desmopressin pills, went to different doctors who could not find anything wrong with him, went to a psychiatrist and he said he’ll grow out of it, it is a side effect of his ADD. Put him on meds for that (these suppose to help with the bed wetting too)…did not do anything. It’s terrible because he wants to spend the night with friends. My Mom said she has seen something on TV about a young adult having the same problem and he took cranberry & pumpkin seed pills. I may try that

My daughter did it up to 13 years in a primary boarding school. She proceeded to high school and stopped on her first night in school. She joked, ‘Mummy I distributed it to my neighbours in the dorm, two of them have started it on first day in high school.

My second daughter is 8 bedwets, must regularly take fluids because of sickle cell, I am distraught. She gets embarrased alot, but no solution in sight as far as complication is concerned. How safe are mineral balancing with apple cider vinegar?